Iranian Professors Call For Easing Travel Restrictions For U.S. Citizens

A group of professors has urged Iranian President Hassan Rohani to
respond to a recent order by U.S. President Donald Trump temporarily barring
travel by Iranians to the United States by easing travel restrictions for U.S.
citizens visiting their country.

Seventy-two professors from the prestigious Sharif University of Technology
on February 4 issued an open letter to Rohani and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif
calling on them to offer to issue visas upon arrival in Tehran for U.S. citizens
for the next 90 days.

They said the best response to the U.S. policy would be to let Americans see
Iranian "hospitality" for themselves.

Trump on January 27 signed an order temporarily banning all refugees and
citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entering
the United States.

A U.S. judge, however, issued a restraining order against the decision on
February 3 and the U.S. government suspended it the next day.

The professors' proposal comes at a time of high tensions between the United
States and Iran after Washington imposed news sanctions on some Iranian
individuals and entities following Tehran's test of a medium-range ballistic
missile.

Iran has promised to impose similar sanctions against U.S. individuals and
entities.